Top 25 talk

[Ralph Turner]

There is a diminishing returns on MOV because of who you play. ...

The win against Wabash helped a great deal. That was rather unexpected. ...

smed, is that another example of "Wabash always fights!"   ?         

[smedindy]

Ah, I should have said "the MARGIN of the win against Wabash!" Especially since it was a five point game right before half, and the history of Wabash playing Wooster very tight at Chadwick.

This is what you get for posting on an empty stomach!

[augie_superfan]

Great Augustana vs. IWU game going on right now.....Augie up 4 with about 3 min. left

Watch live at www.cciw.org

[Mr. Ypsi]

Final: Augie 57, IWU 54.

[smedindy]

Wittenberg dispatches the Little Giants by 15. Now this, THIS is probably an expected margin of victory!

[Greek Tragedy]

For fun...I was bored.  Total votes for each week.  Enjoy.

OK, this is pretty simple to read.  Top team (Ill. Wes) is the team with the most votes for the year so far.  Every team that has gotten a vote is listed each week.  The N/A obviously means they didn't receive any votes for that week.  The number in bold each week represents the 25th ranked team, to give you an idea of how many votes it takes to get into the Top 25.  Every team under that number just received votes that week.  Got it?

Notice that Carroll had 40 in each of Week 7 and 8, but made the Top 25 in the latter poll.  A far cry from the 115 it took Catholic just to break the Top 25 in the preseason.

TEAM	Total	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8
Ill. Wes.	5245	616	625	625	623	623	624	518	478	513
Wooster	5210	522	591	588	598	598	541	574	592	606
Wittenberg	4900	330	525	567	543	555	565	594	610	611
Albion	4186	360	369	410	462	462	493	536	590	504
Puget Sound	4164	499	497	516	496	501	445	441	467	302
Amherst	4136	406	510	517	537	533	535	435	318	345
York (Pa.)	3819	405	484	489	389	396	398	433	465	360
Hope	3733	59	254	390	457	460	483	576	531	523
Lawrence	3543	24	227	379	435	445	471	491	506	565
Worester Poly	2820	175	308	375	393	398	402	233	272	264
Augustana	2562	82	87	169	271	290	330	380	453	500
Randolph-Macon	2201	170	297	257	293	324	200	253	207	200
Wartburg	2051	241	193	217	245	238	238	163	223	293
Baldwin-Wallace	2010	24	76	127	180	214	343	256	359	431
St. John Fisher	1681	370	211	168	171	160	121	160	218	102
Stout	1585	3	20	118	274	335	399	175	96	165
Hanover	1542	336	405	234	251	242	67	N/A	7	N/A
Oshkosh	1521	539	438	228	69	67	16	7	25	132
Carnegie Mellon	1254	N/A	N/A	79	114	90	139	222	327	283
Rochester	1168	127	286	177	174	150	159	48	23	24
Mississippi College	1167	152	224	64	39	44	85	142	181	236
Hampden-Sydney	1160	46	81	110	125	152	220	321	105	N/A
Elmhurst	1157	207	125	131	199	228	202	1	29	35
North Central	957	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	31	301	289	335
Gustavus Adolphus	861	168	255	333	64	34	7	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lincoln	737	N/A	31	115	185	145	115	34	38	74
Whitewater	659	245	160	4	13	10	37	96	68	26
John Carroll	547	176	129	97	108	33	4	N/A	N/A	N/A
Virginia Wesleyan	541	292	112	N/A	N/A	2	6	6	30	93
Ramapo	528	274	98	108	12	12	24	N/A	N/A	N/A
Occidental	504	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	11	84	155	254
Catholic	501	115	169	86	31	35	58	3	N/A	4
Maryville (Tenn.)	489	19	74	96	120	61	33	32	46	8
Transylvania	459	68	27	22	14	16	43	57	72	140
Ohio Northern	426	N/A	N/A	47	61	79	108	34	64	33
Bluffton	290	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	65	151	61	13
Albright	278	24	77	140	20	17	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Stevens Point	236	113	4	60	8	9	N/A	1	28	13
Wilmington	226	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	209	17	N/A
Calvin	191	119	15	3	6	5	3	18	1	21
Widener	187	N/A	7	12	14	26	60	49	6	13
St. Thomas	175	1	1	4	66	85	9	1	8	N/A
Platteville	172	156	16	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carroll	149	8	9	15	21	N/A	6	10	40	40
Aurora	142	133	9	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NYU	130	N/A	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	50	66	13
Springfield	108	108	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwestern	99	93	6	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ursinus	93	87	6	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Trinity (Texas)	85	5	18	15	16	30	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
Trinity (Conn.)	64	N/A	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	22	35
Potsdam State	57	24	14	19	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hamilton	56	22	3	2	2	3	13	11	N/A	N/A
New Jersey City	55	11	N/A	1	17	15	8	3	N/A	N/A
Rutger-Newark	42	N/A	35	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mary Washington	39	31	N/A	4	4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cortland State	32	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	30	2
Buena Vista	26	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Washington U.	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	7	8	N/A	7
Pomona-Pitzer	22	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hobart	21	21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hardin-Simmons	16	16	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Union	16	14	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Williams	15	6	9	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
King's	13	13	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
La Crosse	8	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8	N/A	N/A
Salem State	7	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Methodist	6	6	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Scranton	5	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Loras	4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	3
Bates	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3
William Paterson	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	1
McMurry	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dominican	1	N/A	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Keene State	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

[John Gleich]

Wow... nice work!  That makes trends (both for individual teams and for the poll itself) easy to find!

[Mr. Ypsi]

OS, cool!  I applaud!

I'm not sure what it means, but I like it.  The Titans will almost certain slip to 2nd next week, but they were so highly regarded early on it is EXTREMELY unlikely they will ever fall below 3rd on the cumulative totals.

You do realize, of course, that you are now morally obligated to reproduce this tally each week for the rest of the year!

[Greek Tragedy]

You do realize, of course, that you are now morally obligated to reproduce this tally each week for the rest of the year!

It's excel spreadsheet, it wouldn't be that hard to update.  I'd probably have to drop a week each time so it fits though.

I like Wilmington.  No votes to 209 to 17 to no votes in consecutive weeks!

Elmhurst's 202 to 1 is good too!  In contrast, fellow CCIWer North Central went from nobody (31) to somebody (301) in one week...wonder who they beat that week on the road!

Preseason overrated?

Gustavus Adolphus
Hanover
John Carroll
Ramapo
Albright
Platteville
Aurora
Springfield

All teams that had a lot of votes to start but are nowhere near the polls now.

I was gonna do it by conference too, but there are some teams I don't know what conference they are in off-hand and was too lazy at the time to look it up...I may do that in the future.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

So Oshkosh is the only team to fall out of the top 25 and then get back in?  Did I miss any of them?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Nevermind that, I missread a few of those near the bottom.

[Pat Coleman]

Springfield is having just a crazy season. They are 5-13 but with five losses by four points or less, nine by six points or less.

Only recently have the wheels come off a little, with two losses in January by double figures, their only two of the season by that margin.

[sac]

Old School if you get real bored tomorrow try doing a weighted average for the voting.

Week 8 multiplied by 8, week 7 by 7 on so on down.........might bring up a new revelation or two. 

[gordonmann]

Albright and Ramapo rightfully aren't on the national radar.  But unlike Springfield they are both in the chase for their conference's automatic bid.  So they may redeem themselves yet.

[devossed]

Old School if you get real bored tomorrow try doing a weighted average for the voting.

Week 8 multiplied by 8, week 7 by 7 on so on down.........might bring up a new revelation or two. 

That's too much time on one's hands--but you're right--inquiring minds want to know...